Critical Medicines Act
Laying a framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest, and amending Regulation (EU) 2024/795
- Stage
- Council adoption, reached 30 Jun 2026
- Procedure
- Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Tomislav Sokol (EPP)
- Lead DG
- DG SANTE
- Commissioner
- Olivér Várhelyi
- Council configuration
- Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council
- Last activity
- 14 Jul 2026
- Legal basis
- TFEU Art. 114; TFEU Art. 294
Where it stands
Latest: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible, 14 Jul 2026.
ShowHide the earlier record: 48 dates, 12 Mar 2025 to 16 Mar 2026
- 12 Mar 2025
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- 10 Apr 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 15 Apr 2025
- Appointment of rapporteur
- 23 Apr 2025
- Decision on procedure
- 21 May 2025
- Referred to committee
- 28 May 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 11 Jun 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 18 Jun 2025
- Appointment of rapporteur
- 20 Jun 2025
- Deliberations in Council
- 3 Jul 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 4 Jul 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 6 Jul 2025
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Critical Medicines Act, 74 responses · Commission
- 15 Jul 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 18 Jul 2025
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report
- 23 Jul 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 24 Jul 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 3 Sept 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 4 Sept 2025
- Consideration / exchange of views
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 10 Sept 2025
- Deadline for tabling amendments
- 25 Sept 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 26 Sept 2025
- Committee amendments tabled
- Deliberations in Council working party
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 8 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 13 Oct 2025
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 15 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 21 Oct 2025
- Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
- 27 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 28 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 29 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 3 Nov 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 4 Nov 2025
- Committee opinion adopted
- 6 Nov 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 7 Nov 2025
- Final opinion sent
- 11 Nov 2025
- Adoption of draft report
- Committee opinion adopted
- 14 Nov 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- Final opinion sent
- 2 Dec 2025
- General approach by the Council
- 15 Dec 2025
- Committee report adopted
- 19 Dec 2025
- Tabled for plenary
- 13 Jan 2026
- Tabled for plenary
- 14 Jan 2026
- Tabled for plenary
- 16 Jan 2026
- Tabling of a document for EP plenary
- 19 Jan 2026
- Debate in plenary
- Tabled for plenary
- 20 Jan 2026
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- Plenary vote
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
- 30 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 2 Feb 2026
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- 6 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 5 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 11 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 16 Mar 2026
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- 18 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 28 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 6 May 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 11 May 2026
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- 13 May 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 16 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Council · Council
- 30 Jun 2026
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper · Council
- 14 Jul 2026
- Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Tomislav Sokol | EPP | HR | SANT |
| Shadow rapporteur | Aurelijus Veryga | ECR | LT | SANT |
| Shadow rapporteur | Catarina Martins | The Left | PT | SANT |
| Shadow rapporteur | Christine Anderson | ESN | DE | SANT |
| Shadow rapporteur | Ondřej Knotek | PfE | CZ | SANT |
| Shadow rapporteur | Tiemo Wölken | S&D | DE | SANT |
| Shadow rapporteur | Tilly Metz | Greens/EFA | LU | SANT |
| Shadow rapporteur | Vlad Vasile-voiculescu | Renew | RO | SANT |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Michele Picaro | ECR | IT | ENVI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Marion Walsmann | EPP | DE | IMCO |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Oliver Schenk | EPP | DE | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | András Tivadar Kulja | EPP | HU | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Andreas GLÜCK | Renew | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Anthony Smith | The Left | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Billy Kelleher | Renew | IE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Christel Schaldemose | S&D | DK | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Christine Anderson | ESN | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Francesco Torselli | ECR | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Gaetano Pedulla' | The Left | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Mariateresa Vivaldini | ECR | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Mohammed Chahim | S&D | NL | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Nicolae Ștefănuță | Greens/EFA | RO | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Ondřej Knotek | PfE | CZ | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Saskia Bricmont | Greens/EFA | BE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Tiemo Wölken | S&D | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Tilly Metz | Greens/EFA | LU | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Valentina Palmisano | The Left | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová | Renew | SK | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Viktória Ferenc | PfE | HU | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Virginie Joron | PfE | FR |
Amendments
Tabled between 5 Sept 2025 and 13 Oct 2025. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- SANT1,144
- ITRE353
- IMCO190
- ENVI107
By author
- Pierre Jouvet153
- Tilly Metz138
- Romana Jerković129
- Aleksandar Nikolic121
- Nikos Papandreou117
- Tiemo Wölken114
- Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis106
- Marta Temido105
- Ondřej Knotek101
- Estelle Ceulemans99
ShowHide 20 more authors
- Günther Sidl99
- Raffaele Topo99
- Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN98
- Ondřej Krutílek94
- Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová87
- Margarita de la Pisa Carrión84
- Laurent Castillo82
- Anthony Smith76
- Tomáš Kubín74
- Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ67
- Christophe Clergeau66
- Mathilde Androuët63
- Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU59
- Aurelijus Veryga58
- Viktória Ferenc58
- Nicolás González Casares56
- Valérie Deloge55
- Francesco Torselli53
- Mariateresa Vivaldini48
- Olivier Chastel46
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.
By article
- Article 18 – paragraph 133
- Article 27 – paragraph 126
- Article 1 – paragraph 124
- Article 18 – paragraph 223
- Article 20 – paragraph 120
- Article 19 – paragraph 119
- Article 20 – paragraph 218
- Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part18
- Recital 1218
- Article 15 – paragraph 117
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Article 18 – paragraph 317
- Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)17
- Article 25 – paragraph 217
- Article 4 – paragraph 217
- Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)17
- Article 16 – paragraph 115
- Recital 3715
- Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)14
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 514
- Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b14
- Article 7 – paragraph 214
- Recital 2414
- Recital 4 a (new)14
- Article 18 – paragraph 413
- Article 18 – paragraph 513
- Article 25 – paragraph 313
- Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d13
- Article 15 – paragraph 212
- Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)12
- Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)12
Covers 503 of the 1,794 amendments.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Text adopted · T10-0001/2026Parliament · 19 Jan 2026
- Report · A10-0272/2025Parliament · 15 Dec 2025
- Committee opinion · PE776.854Parliament · 11 Nov 2025
- Committee opinion · PE774.586Parliament · 6 Nov 2025
- Committee opinion · PE775.606Parliament · 13 Oct 2025
- Amendments · PE778.032Parliament · 13 Oct 2025
- Amendments · PE778.031Parliament · 26 Sept 2025
- Report · PE775.742Parliament · 18 Jul 2025
- Amendments · PE778.025Parliament · 18 Jul 2025
- Proposal · COM(2025)0102Commission · 11 Mar 2025
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.
| Consultation | Feedback received |
|---|---|
| 199 |
Summary
GeneratedThe Critical Medicines Act establishes a binding framework to strengthen availability and security of supply for critical medicinal products, and improve access to products of common interest. It amends Regulation (EU) 2024/795, focusing on EU production, public procurement, and supply chain resilience.
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